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Forester’s incredible woodpecker pic awarded at world’s most prestigious nature photography competition

The winning image shows a green woodpecker with its colourful plumage set against the dark background of an oak tree hollow, craning its head upwards looking for ants. Łukasz Gwizdźiel

Łukasz Gwiździel from Debrzno in northern Poland, received the award in the 57th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition in the category: ‘Behaviour: Birds’, one of five awarded in the category.

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Swiatek takes Italian Open and notches up 28 wins in a row

Top-seeded Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek beat Tunisia's Ons Jabeur (seeded ninth) 6:2, 6:2 in the final of the WTA 1000 clay court championship in Rome on Sunday.

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‘They stopped being children and became witnesses of terror and violence!’ Archive of postwar drawings reveals children’s harrowing experiences of WWII

Created in 1946 as part of a post-war nationwide school project, the pencil and crayon images obtained by TFN show the full, terrible experience of war from the perspective of children.

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